Daming 1805

Zhu Jingyuan stayed in the conference room of the Ordnance Department for most of the day and basically finalized the next stage of warship design and construction plan.

It wasn't until after office hours in the afternoon that Zhu Jingyuan went back to the harem and continued busy with his daily work the next day.

In the following time, the Ming Dynasty gradually entered the year-end state, and various summary and statistical work began one after another.

The news sent to Zhu Jingyuan from all aspects can basically be regarded as good news.

The 2000 million army mobilization plan has been basically completed, successfully organizing the largest military force in the world.

The main force closest to the Thai-Western frontline has completed a new round of comprehensive equipment upgrades, and propeller fighter jets have completely taken a back seat.

The first batch of missile-modified warships returned to active service, and were deployed to the Great Qin Sea and Atlantic areas with new elemental weapons of the Forbidden Army system.

Although it will take time for all the second-line troops to be equipped with jets and missiles, preparations for the main force in the first major stage have been completed.

It's time to find a target and beat him up. It depends on whether the Germans and Lucians will fight against Ming.

The Germans and Lucians can't stop now, and the Ming Dynasty can't stop now either.

Although Ming Dynasty had money, it was not wasted without limit.

The current military power is mobilized, but it will definitely be uncomfortable if it is not used and gains benefits in the end, but is forced back.

Therefore, even if the Germans and Lucians do not act stupidly from now on and avoid conflicts with the Ming Dynasty as much as possible, it is meaningless.

Even if the Ming Dynasty makes excuses now, it will beat up the remaining Thai and Western countries and then conquer the Thai and Western continent.

What's more, Ming Dynasty has also made preparations in terms of public opinion and claims.

Britain is now like a stick standing behind the Germans and Lucians, and it is impossible for them to think of ways to deal with it.

As the year approached, news from the British finally reached Zhu Jingyuan.

The documents from the British court signed by the British King could be regarded as conveying the intentions of the Germans through official diplomatic channels.

Charlotte directly called Zhu Jingyuan to explain the situation through personal connections.

The news that the Germans demanded peace talks with Britain and formed an anti-Ming alliance again could also be considered good news for Zhu Jingyuan.

Zhu Jingyuan was in a good mood after receiving the news.

Let the General Affairs Department notify the most important officials and generals to hold a meeting in the conference room of the Military Aircraft Department of Wuying Palace.

Zhu Jingyuan himself chatted with Charlotte for a while, mainly to explain Daming's attitude to her again and to appease her mentality and spirit:

"You don't have to worry too much, Ming Dynasty will definitely take action to control the situation in the western continent.

“It is not in the interests of the Ming Dynasty that the western continent and even the British mainland are ruled by Germany and Lucia.

"The Ming Dynasty is now fully prepared and can directly participate in the war on the Western continent at any time.

“But Ming will take action at a relatively appropriate time, unless there are conditions that force him to take action immediately.

"For example, if our child has become the king of England...

"If your father cannot make such a decision, for the safety of your family, I suggest that you escape to the United States in advance."

Charlotte is actually a little nervous, and the current situation is actually very dangerous.

Charlotte called herself. The thing she wanted to confirm most was whether Daming was ready.

Charlotte knew that Daming would definitely end, and she even knew that the victory of Germany and Lucia was due to Daming's connivance.

But Charlotte is also a little worried about whether Daming will get away with this kind of operation.

Before Ming Dynasty was ready, Britain had been occupied by the Germans and Lucians, and then launched a surprise attack on Ming Dynasty.

Now that she had received a direct explanation from Zhu Jingyuan, Charlotte immediately felt relieved:

"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about me. I will try my best to convince my father."

Zhu Jingyuan spoke to Charlotte and calmed her down before driving to Wuying Hall.

All the people attending the meeting had arrived. After Zhu Jingyuan arrived, he sat directly on the throne reserved for the emperor.

He accepted the worship of the participants, and then asked the staff of the General Affairs Department to send the news from the British.

Many generals and ministers couldn't help showing expressions of joy when they saw the content of the news.

This unprecedented war is finally about to begin!

After Zhu Jingyuan waited for them to read it, he directly issued two orders:
"Honglu Temple responded to the British and appreciated their behavior this time.

“Tell them that forming an anti-Ming alliance again is a direct challenge to the Western Cape Treaty and the League of Nations order, and Ming Dynasty will never allow it.

“Once the Anti-Ming Alliance is truly established, Ming Dynasty will immediately declare war on all members of the Anti-Ming Alliance without any room for discussion.

“Let the British work hard to resist and defend their homeland, and Ming Dynasty will not let Britain perish.

"Uncle Zong, once Germany, Lucia, and Italy declare war on Britain, they will immediately issue an ultimatum to the three countries.

"The violent behavior of the three countries has seriously endangered the harmony and stability of the world.

“Their royal family, as the rulers and people of the Taixi ethnic group, is unable to bring a harmonious and happy life to its people through peaceful means.

“As the most dominant ethnic group on the western continent, they do not have the ability to build and create the life they want.

“Instead, the idea was to plunder the brothers’ tribe.

“The crime is so heinous that both humans and gods are outraged.

“The key is to reject Ming’s mediation over and over again, and always ignore Ming’s warnings and reminders.

"It can be seen that they are all beasts that do not know etiquette and have no understanding of human nature.

“It must be strictly restrained and disciplined.

“Require Lucia, Germany, and Italy to immediately cease all combat operations, surrender unconditionally, and accept the complete transformation of the Ming Dynasty.

“If they still disobey and cooperate with Ming’s requirements, they have no intention of repenting.

"Then Ming Dynasty will have to take action to punish the people and clean up the world."

Shen Fu and Honglu Temple Minister immediately stood up and bowed and agreed:

"The minister obeys the order."

Zhu Jingyuan turned to the military attachés and continued to give instructions:
"Establish a Thai-Spanish combat command and implement the Thai-Spanish combat plan.

"Yang Yuchun, the Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Military Governor's Office, serves as the commander-in-chief and is fully responsible for the command tasks of subsequent combat operations in the western region.

"The Central Army, Right Army, Rear Army, and Front Army Commandery Mansion immediately entered a state of combat.

"All the other governor's offices and Huangzhuang troops, as well as the navy, land, air and military forces, have entered the highest level of actual combat alert.

"Wait for my final order and enter combat status at any time."

All the military generals and staff officers stood up, saluted after listening to Zhu Jingyuan's words, and loudly agreed:

"The minister obeys the order."

Zhu Jingyuan nodded gently in return, and then continued his instructions and requests very seriously:

“This operation does not seek a quick victory.

“But the highest goal is to eliminate all evil and never have future troubles.

"For the places where the resistance is the most intense, for the sake of future generations of our Ming Dynasty, we can help His Majesty Emperor Guangwu set an example in Japan.

“Burning books, demolishing temples, leveling tombs——

"Rewards will be given based on merits afterwards, and the maximum can be divided into vassal states in Western Europe and passed down for five generations."

When Zhu Jingyuan mentioned "Japan's example", several generals swallowed their saliva subconsciously.

When he said those three words, including Yang Yuchun, the commander-in-chief of this operation, they almost interrupted Zhu Jingyuan.

It's just that Zhu Jingyuan spoke too quickly. After Yang Yuchun reacted, Zhu Jingyuan had already said it.

After these two sentences are spoken, there is no point in interrupting them later.

When the Emperor of Ming Dynasty was speaking, especially when he was instructing his subordinates to do things, it was rare for his ministers to interrupt him.

For ordinary people, interrupting the other party's normal expression can be considered impolite, let alone facing the emperor.

No one has dared to do this in the past, and there is absolutely no need to do so.

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty did not completely ignore the advice of his ministers. He only had to wait for the emperor to express his thoughts before persuading him.

Yang Yuchun is not a fool or a young man. He is already at the age of retirement, and he is just waiting to retire with success and fame after this war.

In this situation, he interrupted Zhu Jingyuan just because he didn't want Zhu Jingyuan to say the next few words.

What rules did Emperor Shizu of the Ming Dynasty set in Japanese affairs?
Burning books, demolishing temples, leveling graves——

All cultural memories left behind in Japan were erased.

The results obtained so far are very significant, the Japanese have virtually disappeared.

However, in the eyes of Yang Yuchun and other officials of the Ming Dynasty, this kind of thing was obviously an absolute dirty job.

As an emperor, you shouldn't say it, or even "know" it.

Under normal circumstances, the emperor would not say it.

The emperor only needs to summon the responsible general alone and give a little hint in his words, and the general will know what to do.

However, Zhu Jingyuan's "imitation of the example set by His Majesty in Japan" has already been made clear.

Later, the goal was stated directly.

The emperor is willing to take on this responsibility, rather than leaving it to his ministers to understand on their own. Of course, it is to take care of his ministers.

But a veteran minister like Yang Yuchun also felt that it would be a dereliction of duty for the emperor to directly issue such an order.

The only thing I can do in the future is to implement the emperor's orders as thoroughly as possible.

What's more, the emperor later made a promise.

Once you are done, you can directly split the soil and enfeoff, get a piece of land on the western continent, and become the monarch of the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

Although it can only be passed down to five generations, this reward is still irresistible.

The generals led by Yang Yuchun all tensed up their bodies, beat their chests hard and saluted, and shouted loudly at the same time:

"I will dedicate myself to my duty until my death."

Zhu Jingyuan clenched his fist in return, then asked them all to sit down and continue discussing future combat plans.

Participating in the Thai-Spanish War was something that the Ming Dynasty's military had long decided, and of course several combat plans had been prepared.

Now is the time to finalize some detailed level choices and arrangements.

The next morning, the British Foreign Affairs Department received a response from the Honglu Temple of the Ming Dynasty, which was to improve and organize Zhu Jingyuan's meaning.

After seeing it, British Prime Minister Jenkinson immediately notified Wellesley and Nelson to go to the palace to meet the king and crown prince.

Jenkinson handed the report to King George IV, summarizing the situation orally.

After reading and listening, George IV asked with some confusion:

"Da Ming doesn't seem to have given any clear response?" Daming just said that it would not allow an anti-Ming alliance to appear again, otherwise they would directly declare war.

"But if we don't negotiate peace with Germany and Lucia, the Anti-Ming Alliance will not appear, right?
"Then Ming Dynasty will not participate in our war with Germany and the Lucians?
"It said it would not let Britain perish, but it didn't even mention the conditions for sending troops to protect..."

After George IV said this, he subconsciously looked at his daughter, and then remembered what his daughter had said to him.

Charlotte also smiled a little helplessly and said:
"Father, you should be able to understand that even if Da Ming expresses his intention to definitely take action, he will still take action at the point that is in the best interest of Daming.

"Unless... Britain has actually become a part of Ming Dynasty, and Britain's war has actually become Ming Dynasty's war."

King George IV sighed softly:

"I understand……"

Like many traditional monarchs, George IV certainly did not want to step down from the supreme position of a country before things were at their most dangerous.

So in the end, George IV did not directly answer Charlotte's reminder.

Instinctively, I choose to procrastinate, as long as I can procrastinate, it is a day.

However, the invitations from Germany, Lucia, and Italy cannot be postponed indefinitely.

The three countries also gave them one month.

If Britain does not respond and actually starts peace talks, it will re-form the anti-Ming alliance.

Then they will launch an attack on the British mainland a month later.

George IV already knew Ming's attitude, so it was impossible to accept the German proposal.

So this month has been pure procrastination.

On the other side of the English Channel, the former core of France, the Palace of Versailles outside Paris.

This palace of the King of France has now become the residence of the monarchs of Germany, Lucia, and Italy, as well as the command center for the war against Britain.

The New Year in the fourth year of the Ming Dynasty is also the New Year in the Gregorian calendar of the Ming Dynasty in [-].

When another Ming Dynasty New Year arrived, the monarchs of the three kingdoms held a grand banquet here.

Celebrate the significant achievements of the past three years.

After the opening banquet, the monarchs of the three countries once again found an opportunity to gather together to discuss the situation and issues in the coming year.

The King of Italy first said uncontrollably:
"The British have never responded. It seems they don't want to reply to us. Are we just going to wait for a month?"

Emperor Lucia said with a straight face:

"By keeping our promise, we not only gave the British an extra month to prepare, but we ourselves also need time to prepare."

The German King smiled dryly and said:
"Yes, the British have been preparing for three years and don't care about the extra month. On the contrary, we need time."

The King of Italy said with some concern:
"What about Daming? This will also give Daming more time, right?
"I heard that Ming Dynasty has been conducting large-scale war mobilization and is likely to increase its standing army to 2000 million.

"The number of Ming fleets around Europa has increased by at least half compared to before."

The German King shook his head helplessly:

"Didn't Ming Dynasty already prepare for three years? This extra month doesn't matter.

"Anyway, the Ming Dynasty has not actually participated in the war in these years, while our three countries have been fighting on the battlefield for three years.

"The latest weapons and equipment of Ming Dynasty are no longer secret to us.

"As for the application experience of these new generation weapons and tactics, the Ming Dynasty, which has been at peace for more than ten years, is not as good as us.

"Our continuous fierce fighting on the battlefield is our confidence in defeating the Ming Dynasty."

Emperor Lucia mentioned another angle:
"It has been 19 years since the last world war ended.

“The first batch of children born after the war have now begun to join the army, and the size of our army will continue to expand this year.

“The total population of our own ethnic groups in our three countries has exceeded [-] million, plus other ethnic groups under our rule.

“It is not impossible to mobilize a total of 2000 million troops.

"So in terms of the size of our armed forces, we don't have much of a disadvantage..."

The king of Italy felt that what the two companions said was indeed good, but he still couldn't calm down in his heart:
“But I heard that Daming has started a new round of equipment updates in the past three years.

"A large number of Ming Dynasty's active warships, as well as warships under construction, have begun a new round of comprehensive modifications in the past three years.

"I also heard that Ming Dynasty seemed to have invented a new type of explosive, and its power seemed to be very exaggerated.

"Intelligence agents were told it was probably ten times more powerful than existing explosives.

“This data is likely to be an exaggeration, and the actual data may only be a two to three times improvement.

"But there should be an explosive that increases the power...

“I am very worried now about how much compensation will be needed in a similar situation.

"When we fought against the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty army we actually faced was very different from what we imagined..."

The German King was a little stunned after hearing this:
"Da Ming's new explosive? I actually got some news here.

"Intelligence agents obtained it from Austrian officials, and the authenticity is not high in the first place.

"They said that the power would be increased by more than a hundred times at the same weight.

"I thought it must be fake news. It didn't comply with the rules of physics at all, so I didn't take it to heart."

Emperor Lucia was even more surprised and said:
"Our intelligence officers also reported, but they were even more exaggerated. They said there was a [-]-fold improvement...

"I also found it completely untrustworthy, so I didn't take it to heart."

The King of Italy shook his head and waved his hands in surprise:

"Data that is one hundred times or ten thousand times is definitely impossible. This is probably because there is a problem with the records in some link.

“Even if it were ten times what we got, it still wouldn’t be credible.

“But as I said just now, these inaccurate information can prove that Ming Dynasty does have a new explosive.

"The key is that this shows that our understanding of the Ming Dynasty is still insufficient."

The German King smiled dryly and said:
“Of course it is impossible for us to fully understand Ming’s military secrets.

“But we passed the Ming Dynasty’s military parade a few years ago and passed the Ming Dynasty’s equipment that we obtained.

"As well as the information collected by our daily intelligence personnel, it can be determined that Ming Dynasty's equipment does not have an essential gap with us.

“Technological development has now entered a mature stage again.

“Perhaps Daming can continue to optimize and improve their production technology.

“But it is obviously impossible to develop new equipment that can subvert the war situation and apply it to the entire army in just three years.

"So don't worry about things in vain..."

It is impossible for Ming Dynasty to keep such a large-scale equipment update absolutely confidential.

A lot of information does not require any latent spying. Simply observe and analyze the incoming and outgoing goods of Daming's main factories, and observe the vehicles on special road sections.

You can get all kinds of information.

As for professional intelligence personnel, they can directly obtain more useful information through informants of various levels.

For example, Ming Dynasty showed the latest equipment to the exiled governments of France, Austria, and Ottoman, and the key was the atomic bomb.

Most of these people are afraid to leak information, or will not leak information.

They all believed that the Ming Dynasty was bound to win. Faced with the terrifying weapons of the Ming Dynasty, the Germans and Lucians had no chance of victory.

But some people with low morals don't mind exchanging information for some money before Deutsch and Lucia fall.

However, for these people with limited moral standards, intelligence personnel from other countries may not completely trust them.

Especially when it comes to information that is inherently difficult to be confident about.

For example, they contacted German intelligence personnel and said that the Ming Dynasty had a new bomb that was [-] times more powerful.

The first reaction of German intelligence personnel was that the informant was sick.

Even if the other party swears that the information is true, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, intelligence processing personnel often choose to reduce the energy by two orders of magnitude and then label it as untrustworthy intelligence.

Just as Zhu Jingyuan guessed, without knowing it personally, even someone said that there is a bomb that is ten thousand times more powerful in the world.

Others will only regard it as a joke or information that has no credibility.

Emperor Lucia was a little disgusted with the Italians, and she was also a little sensitive and tried to say:
"If Italy wants to give up, it can withdraw from our alliance now, but it will need to give up the land gained in the war."

The King of Italy does have some ideas, a little bit of the idea of ​​​​giving up when things go well.

Even, the idea of ​​​​surrendering to Ming Dynasty and leading the way for Ming Dynasty.

But Da Ming obviously does not need Italy to lead the way.

Now if we want to break away from the alliance of the three countries, we can only negotiate peace with the British and jump to the British camp.

Although Britain is a potential ally of the Ming Dynasty, it cannot protect its own security until the Ming Dynasty truly ends.

Lucia and Germany had already figured out the details of Italy during the war.

Both countries have now realized that Italy is actually a drag bottle, and they no longer want to carry it with them.

However, due to the early cooperation agreement, it is not possible and unnecessary to break up now.

But if Italy wants to leave the camp, the two countries will definitely turn their guns towards Italy immediately.

The UK will have to delay a bit.

Italy, which is located on the mainland and has no strategic depth, is naturally a higher priority target for partition.

Therefore, the king of Italy could only deny it decisively at this time:
"No, no, no, how can we withdraw now? As true descendants of Rome, we must rebuild the glory of Rome together.

"It's just that, according to our original plan, in order to avoid fighting on two fronts as much as possible, I think we should still try to win over the British."

Emperor Lucia was a little irritated, but she could only agree with this suggestion.

So the monarchs of the three countries could only continue to wait, and at the same time arranged diplomats to urge the British to make a decision.

A month has passed since this reminder.

The final deadline came and the British never responded.

Even the French, Austrians, and Ottomans simply ignored the invitation to negotiate peace.

The Spanish response was not very positive, and they made rather outrageous demands, requiring the armies of the three countries to withdraw from the Spanish mainland.

The Spanish mainland now belongs to Lucia, and negotiations with Spain are also Lucia's business.

The British, French, and Austrians didn't want to talk, so Lucia didn't want to waste time with the Spaniards.

As a result, Germany, Lucia, and Italy once again unified their thoughts and focused on the British and the Ming Dynasty.

On February [-], the fourth year of the Grand Duke, the Three Kingdoms officially launched their attack on the British mainland.